Orlando, FL 32831 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Orlando, FL, ZIP 32831
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/25, about 150 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/10, about 355 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orlando in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Orlando has about 19 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Orlando's last frost
01/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Orlando compares
Orlando's growing season runs about 355 days, ranking 2,126 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 929 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Orlando's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Orlando's dates instead of trusting one.